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The Round Tower, plate 3 from Imaginary Prisons

A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1750

Artist:

Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, 1720-1778

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Title

The Round Tower, plate 3 from Imaginary Prisons

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1750

Medium

Etching and engraving on heavy ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 54.2 × 40.9 cm (21 3/8 × 16 1/8 in.); Plate: 55 × 41.5 cm (21 11/16 × 16 3/8 in.); Sheet: 79.4 × 55.5 cm (31 5/16 × 21 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1941.1247

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